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Chris Hadfield and Benedict Cumberbatch are cousins?

To coincide with the return of Commander Chris Hadfield from the international space station, Ancestry.ca has announced that he is 6th cousin to british actor Benedict Cumberbatch who is starring as the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness. Chris Hadfield’s role being based in reality, Benedict Cumberbatch’s based in fantasy, they both explore the frontier … Continue reading

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – May 7, 2013

FamilySearch.org Brazil Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 Canada Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic, Civil Registration, 1801-2010 Guatemala Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 Honduras Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978 Italy Italy, Frosinone, Settefrati, Civil Registration (Comune), 1866-1929 Italy, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 Italy, Napoli, Pomigliano d’Arco, Military Conscriptions (Comune), 1898-1929 … Continue reading

Free access to International Marriage Records at Ancestry.com.

EXTRA! EXTRA! Now’s your chance to find those elusive marriage records for your long lost ancestors. International Marriage Records have been accessible for free from April 16th to April 21st at Ancestry.com.

Historic burial records to be indexed due to VA and Ancestry.com partnership.

A good portion of the burial records will be from the Civil War, and this indexing project between the Veterans’ Administration and Ancestry.com will provide invaluable documentation for those researching their genealogy and family trees. These handwritten burial records from the US Army span the period from 1862 to 1960. Scanned in high resolution, the … Continue reading

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – April 16, 2013

  FamilySearch.org   Argentina Argentina, Córdoba, Miscellaneous Records, 1574-1925 Australia Australia, Queensland, Maryborough Public Records, 1847-1989 Brazil Brazil, Civil Registration, 1870-2012 Canada Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900 Saskatchewan, Judicial District Court Records, 1891-1954 Colombia Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1600-2012 Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Miscellaneous Records, 1549-1955 Germany Germany, Anhalt, Dessau, City Directories, 1866-1919 Germany, Anhalt, Köthen, … Continue reading

World Archives Project reaches 100 million records entered.

Sometimes when I stop to think about the sheer volume of work that has gone into transcribing and entering records for genealogy research, I can’t believe how much has been done, much less how much is being done in short periods of time. The impressive part of this is that the majority of this data … Continue reading

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – April 7, 2013

  FamilySearch.org Australia Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961 Canada Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic, Land Records, 1450-1889 Germany Germany, Bavaria, Mindelheim Miscellaneous City Records Italy Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915 Mexico Mexico, Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Miscellaneous Marriage Records, 1605-1854 New Zealand New Zealand, Probate Records, 1860-1962 Spain Spain, Province of Sevilla, … Continue reading

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com Updates and Additions – March 31, 2013

  FamilySearch.org Argentina Argentina, Córdoba, Miscellaneous Records, 1574-1925 Belgium Belgium, Liège, Civil Registration, 1621-1910 Belgium, Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1608-1912 Czechoslovakia Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1948 Peru Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005 Poland Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966 Russia Russia, Samara Church Books, 1869-1917 Ukraine Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840-1845 United … Continue reading

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